NIESV Embraces ICT For Better Service Delivery

ABUJA – Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) have said that that with the attainment of the golden age of 50, the organisation plans to diversify the profession and improve on strategies forservice delivery, while embracing Information and Communication Technology, (ICT) as the hallmark for the services rendered.

The National President of NIESV, Roland Abonta, who made this known, said that the organisation has over the years assisted government in policy formulation with regards to housing development.

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Abonta recalled that members of the group played a key role in preparation of the National Housing Fund of 1992 bill that was signed into law as an Act.

The organisation also said that it has engaged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and other security agencies to ensure that intruders and quacks are completely taken out from the practice of estate agency and valuation.

Abonta gave the hint at the official unveiling of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) 50th Anniversary Logo, Abuja 2020, recently.

“We have seen people who are not trained try to practice our profession. But we are happy that the laws of the land is taking its proper place to make sure that those who are not qualified to practice as estate surveyors and valuers will stop doing the illegal quackery job they do.

“We are now collaborating with law enforcement agencies, EFCC, Nigerian Police, ICPC, we are making sure that all the law enforcement agencies are involved because the quacks are everywhere and they don’t write it on their face, so we want to use the law enforcement agents to find out where their bases and operations are and begin to profile them. We will seriously clampdown on quacks”, he said.

He stated that NIESV has over the last 50 years led in the provision of services in the areas of facility management, valuation, assets management, acquisition and payment of compensations among others aspects of the profession.

“We are a professional body that has undertaken valuation of all assets; we have gotten involved in the assets of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) both the technical assets, plants and equipment of NNPC in the oil sector. We have also been involved in valuing buildings and other assets of the federal government and state governments. We have also been the ones managing the assets of the federation. The only known managers of assets in Nigeria are the estate surveyors and valuers”, he added.